http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:51:32 -0700 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:05:54 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d1-An-Education-is-a-class-not-to-be-missed?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner An Education presents such a rarefied image of 1960s post-war London that it may well have been unearthed from a time capsule. The language, the characters and dialogue and social mores too. The streets are all formed so perfectly as they once wer... review Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:05:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d1-An-Education-is-a-class-not-to-be-missed?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d21-A-Serious-Man-is-also-a-serious-bore?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner A stoic and thoughtful pose, just one of many; Working TitleDavid Denby in The New Yorker said of the great cinematographer Roger Deakin’s work in A Serious Man ‘[it’s shot with] super-hard focus and solid colors; instead of painti... review Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:18:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d21-A-Serious-Man-is-also-a-serious-bore?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d2-Bright-Star-Soars?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner Whinshaw and Corinish; PatheBright Star is a fully realized, moving portrait of chaste love in a time where there was nothing but. Let’s just say Jane Campion is back on form.It’s been 15 years since The Piano and 5 years since the uneve... review Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:30:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d2-Bright-Star-Soars?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d24-Can-Surrogates-lift-Williss-tainted-star?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner Willis, replete with hair; DisneyYou can split Bruce Willis movies into two camps: with hair and usually good (Die Hards, The Sixth Sense et al.) and sans hair and usually bad (Hostage, and everything else). Willis’s latest, Surrogates, is an u... preview commentary Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:40:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d24-Can-Surrogates-lift-Williss-tainted-star?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d16-Comeback-not-yet?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner   Not yet Gekko; Autonomous Films  When are comebacks not? It’s probably when you get a – previously – hot actor and journeyman director who has done a couple of gems in his faraway past but not anything for two deca... commentary review Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:34:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d16-Comeback-not-yet?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d25-District-9-and-the-failing-of-CGI-effects?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner Districk 9's mothership; Tristar PicturesComputer graphics done right. It’s not easy. You only have to look at any number of today’s ‘blockbusters’ to see evidence of that. Two-dimensional lifts and vistas of 1s and 0s abound.... commentary Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:16:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d25-District-9-and-the-failing-of-CGI-effects?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Julia-and-Julia-Take-a-packed-lunch-or-leave-hungry?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner Streep cooks up a storm; Sony PicturesI’m not a foodie, but I know somebody who is. I do, however, like to eat food, with a preference towards good food, and it was because of this common thread that we were able to leave the showing of Julie a... review Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:23:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Julia-and-Julia-Take-a-packed-lunch-or-leave-hungry?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d6-GI-Joe-and-its-long-and-tortured-production?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner Sienna Miller as The Baroness; ParamountIt could be that picking through the tortured production of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra turns out to be more interesting than sitting through its 120-minutes of ropy CGI effects. One of the most expensive films... preview Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:17:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d6-GI-Joe-and-its-long-and-tortured-production?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d29-Cinema-101-Where-is-the-best-place-to-go-to-the-movies-in-Washington-DC?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner The E Street CinemaBy the numbers, the pros and the cons, the best flickerhouses within DC to catch a movie, in order of the author's personal preference:E Street Cinema, 555 11th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004Pros: Beer and wine that doesn’t ... 101 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:58:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d29-Cinema-101-Where-is-the-best-place-to-go-to-the-movies-in-Washington-DC?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d26-Thrown-for-a-Loop-in-all-the-best-ways?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner Capaldi in action; IFC FilmsArmando Iannucci is a comic genius. For point of reference, see In the Loop.The reason you haven’t heard his name before is simple: the US version of his BBC television series, The Thick of It, - of which In the Loop... review Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:12:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d26-Thrown-for-a-Loop-in-all-the-best-ways?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d20-The-best-British-comedy-in-20-years-hits-the-silver-screen?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner Capaldi's spin doctor in action; IFC FilmsThe funniest British comedy in 20 years might possibly be one you haven’t heard of. Unlike The Office, Coupling et al., it hasn’t been adapted and watered down for the US market -- until now. But ... preview Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:11:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d20-The-best-British-comedy-in-20-years-hits-the-silver-screen?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Did-Twitter-sink-Bruno?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner Bruno; Universal StudiosLate friday evening, Universal was looking at a $50 million opening haul for Bruno. Based on tracking, it was all systems go for another major hit from Sacha Baron Cohen. Then the 140 character reviews started to come in on th... commentary social media Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:44:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Did-Twitter-sink-Bruno?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d11-The-Hurt-Locker-Kathryn-Bigelows-tour-de-force-is-the-best-Iraq-conflict-film-ever-made?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner Jeremy Reener is in The Hurt Locker; Summit EntertainmentIn Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, a few known faces pop up from time-to-time, but don’t expect them to last long, and don’t anticipate the same jarring, finger pointing an... review Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:45:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d11-The-Hurt-Locker-Kathryn-Bigelows-tour-de-force-is-the-best-Iraq-conflict-film-ever-made?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d4-Public-Enemy-Singular-Depp-and-not-much-else?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner Depp as Dillinger; Universal PicturesMichael Mann’s Public Enemies is a mixed bag. Tossed into the 140-minute feedbag by one of America’s greatest living directors and visual artists is a bit of great (Depp), a smattering of not-so-great ... review Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:41:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d4-Public-Enemy-Singular-Depp-and-not-much-else?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Kathryn-Bigelows-The-Hurt-Locker-and-how-it-may-change-the-perception-of-Iraq-war-movies?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner The EOD team in action; Summitt EntertainmentKathryn Bigelow is a rare breed. Doubly rare breed. First of all, even in our PC, 21st Century world, she is one of the only females permitted to work the magic behind the camera in the Hollywood dream fac... preview Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:19:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Kathryn-Bigelows-The-Hurt-Locker-and-how-it-may-change-the-perception-of-Iraq-war-movies?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d30-Up-Or-how-animation-surpassed-everything-liveaction-in-the-summer-of-09?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner Up; DisneyPixar, you might have heard of them. Small independent shop, bought by Disney, got Steve Jobs a ton of stock and a seat on the board. Typically puts out one film a year. Said one film a year typically brings home several hundred million in ... review Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:39:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d30-Up-Or-how-animation-surpassed-everything-liveaction-in-the-summer-of-09?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d27-Remembering-Michael-Jackson-The-films?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner Moonwalker; Warner Bros.Michael Jackson had a reputation of a being a perfectionist when it came to his music and dance, and his desire to surround himself, professionally, with the best of the best extended to his foray into cinema. Although it was ... commentary Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:49:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d27-Remembering-Michael-Jackson-The-films?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d22-The-Comedy-Dichotomy-Why-The-Hangover-will-never-be-seen-as-anything-more-than-a-sum-of-its-parts?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner The Hangover; Warner Bros.Let’s go on a trip: fast-forward to December 2009. Imagine a film. An earnest feature, by gum. Maybe it covers an atrocity, a disabled protagonist, or just a great deal of hand-wringing. It does, naturally, come stocke... commentary Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:47:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d22-The-Comedy-Dichotomy-Why-The-Hangover-will-never-be-seen-as-anything-more-than-a-sum-of-its-parts?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Woody-Allen-hopes-Whatever-Works?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner Allen and David; Sony Pictures ClassicsWhen initially announced, Whatever Works sounded like an absolute Dream Team pairing: Woody Allen and Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm alum Larry David together, finally! And it still might be, however that initi... preview Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:50:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Woody-Allen-hopes-Whatever-Works?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d15-Away-We-Go-An-exercise-in-selfrighteous-progressive-banality?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner Humble and earthy; Focus FeaturesAway We Go is a Sam Mendes filler project. A quick enterprise in-between his ‘important’ works. At least that’s what it feels like, from first frame to its sickly fairy-tale-like ending. It’s a... review Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:01:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13573-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d15-Away-We-Go-An-exercise-in-selfrighteous-progressive-banality?cid=exrss-DC-Indie-Movie-Examiner